Seep-planter



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Patented Nov. 2

INVENTOR WITNESSES N PETERS. Plwto-Lflhugnpher, Washington. D, C.

zsheets-sh-eet 2. B. H. KORSMEYER.

SEED PLANTER.

(No Model.)

No. 351,926. Patented Nov. 2. 1886.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knpwn that I, EaN sT H. KORSMEYER, of- Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg, in-the State of Indiana, have inventfifl a new and Improved Seed-Planter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference i'sto be had't-o the accompanying drawi gs, forming'a part of this specification, i'iiwhich similar letters of reference indicate cerresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, of my improved seed-"planter. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line a :r of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a -sectional plan view of the cutter and seed-dngipping tube, taken on the line y y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 4 is a Pl n iWQ s Gamb m h e s n for planting two rows at a time.

The inventionconsists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described andelaime'd."

t rep esents the axle to which the drive wheels ca e secured Upon the axle are. than the flan ed couars D D h? hi he side bars, E E, of themain frame of. the seed- 2 P ant ar et s he Risi fr the i was Ea he han le it by which t i planter is held and guided by the-'o'perator.

he colla r D is placed uponthe axle A, next tdtheinner end of the hub of the wheel 0, 1 while the i uana placed upon the axlenext to he outer end t me t bfthe whee B', the axle being extended through the hub of wheel for'th'at purpose? Placed loosely upon the as b ween e ma- D Ja e the Wh e B, a thehr we v ho l 'v t g H;

91, farm the etsx, eac te t n n formed with a tube, G H, which fits upon the axle, and the ends of these tubes meet at or near the center of the axle. The casting G is formed upon its outer surface, near wheel B, with the lugs a a, by which it maybe locked to the wheel B by a dog or lover, I, to cause the casting to revolve upon the axle with the wheel B, to effect the dropping of the seed. The edge of the casting G is formed with the flange I), through which is formed numerous seed-dropping apertures, c c. The casting H is formed at its edge with the'flange d, which is of larger diameter than the flange b of casting G, and when the castings are put together upon the axle A the flange d laps past the flange b, as shown in Fig. 2, leaving'a small space between. In this space is fitted a wooden ring, J, made in sections, and the sections of this ring are constantly pressed in contactwitli the outer surface of the flange b by the action of numerous small coiled springs, e,- fitted in small recesses'formed in the outer surface of the sections, and acting against the flange d. A seeddropping space, f, is formed in the wooden ring'J and flange d, for theseed to drop from the seed-apertures 0 into the spout K, which conducts the seed to the opening cut in the ground by the knife or opener L. The knifeL is a broad curved knife, made asa part (for attached to the tube K, and both areat tached' to the lower portion of the casting H by being bolted or riveted to the flange Mffcast upon or secured to the flange d of said casting. The casting H being loose upon the "axle A r and carrying theknife, it is necessary to lock the casting in order that the knife maypenet'rate the ground and open a furrow. This I accomplish by means of lugs 9, cast upon the surface of the castings H, with which lugs the sliding lever N engages. The lever N is held in guides attached to the main frame and one handle, F, and is controlled bya small handle, f, anda spring, f, and' I form a series 9f the lugs,g, upon the casting H, so that the casting inay be held to cause the knife to enter the ground more or less, as desired. By withdraw- ,fihg' the'ro'd N from engagement with lugs g the casting H may be turned back upon the axle to entirely clear the knife L from the ground, which is necessary in taking the plant-- amen; place to place. 7 In the tube Kisfitted a valve, 0, for temporarily retaining the seed dropped into the tribe. This'yalve is normally held closed by the spring o acting upon the stem of the valve. The cord agieaamg from the valve to the small lever O, pivoted to the handle F, is to enable the plowman to conveniently open the valve and hold it open, or permit it to'close toprevent the dropping of seed.

The dog or lever I above mentioned for ICO an orifice in the web or one of the spokes of the wheel. When the lever is in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, the prong engages with one or the other of the lugs 11 on the casting G and causes the casting to revolve with the wheel. When the lever is turned to the position shown in dotted line in Fig. 2, the casting G is disengaged from the wheel and remains relatively stationary. For turning the lever I upon its pivot, I form one end of the lever with the curved block i the other with a similar block, 1', and provide the righthand side of the machine with the sliding rod 1?, which is arranged so that when shoved down its lower end will be in position to be struck by the curved blocks i i. If the lever I is in position so that the prong i on gages with one of the lugs a and the rod 1? be forced downward,the curved block 2' will strike the rod 1? and turn the lover I on its pivot to nearly a vertical position and move the prong '13 out of the range of the lug and then throw the planter out of gear. In order to put the planter again in gear, the rod Pmustbe forced downward again in time to be struck by the curved block i which will cause that end of the lever I to be forcedinward asufficient distance to cause the prong z" to engage one or the other of the lugs a. When in gear, the cast ing G revolves with the wheel B, and carries the seed in suitable quantityin the seedapeu tures 6, up to the opening f, through which the seed drops into the spout K, and is conducted thereby to the ground.

In order to avoid danger of the apertures c carrying too much seed to the opening f, I provide a brush, Q5, arranged to sweep the inner surface of the flange b. This brush is attached to a block, R, attached to the inner surface of the casting H by the plate R, which rests upon a spring seat or cushion, S, preferably of soft rubber. This cushion gives the block R a yielding action, so there will be no grinding of the seed between it and the inner surface of the flange b of the casting G. In the blockR is also fitted a springplungerhaving a rounded head, 71, which drops into the seed-apertures c as they successively come in line with the plunger and forces'the seed out of the apertures at the proper time, so there can be no clogging of seed in said apertures and no failure of the planter to drop the seed regularly.

The seed is introduced to the seed box through a door, h, made in the casting H, and in order to adapt the machine to plant hills greater or less distance apart, I provide the casting G with the sliding plates 3', arranged to close the seed apertures c, and by properly handling the valves the hills may be made at any desired distance apart, thus adapting the machine both for drilling and planting.

In Fig. it I have illustrated a duplex machine for planting ordrilling two rows at a time. This consists simply of two of the machines complete, as shown in the other figures of the drawings, united together by a suitable frame, consisting in this instance of the main-frame bar T, the two rectangular frames T T, surrounding the planters, and the crosspieces T" T uniting the rectangular frames. A slatseat may be arranged upon the cross'pieces T for the planter, if desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a seed-planter, the hollow casting G, formed with asingle flange, b, having numerous seed-apertures, 0, formed in it, the casting H, formingone side of the seedbox and formed with a single opposite flange, d, overlapping the flange b, in combination with the ring J, placed between the flanges b and d, substantially as described.

2. The ring J, held between the flanges 11 (Z of the hollow castings G H, and pressed inward by the springs e, substantially as described.

3. Thehollow casting G, having a flange provided with seed-apertures, in combination with the hollow casting H, provided upon the inside with a block, R, held upon a springsnpport, substantially as described.

4.. The hollow casting G, having an apertured flange, Z), in combination with the casting H, cushion S, plate It, and block R, substantially as described.

5. The casting G, provided with the lugs a,

and placed loosely upon the axle, in combination with the wheel B, dog or lover I, and means, substantially as described, for operating the dog or lever I for engaging and disengaging the lugs a, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. I

6. The casting H, placedloosely upon the axle formed with the lugs g, and provided with the knife L, in combination with a lockingrod for locking the casting, to cause the knife to enter the ground, substantially as described.

ERNEST H. KORSMEYER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE VOEGELIN, KARL STEELER. 

